* The Minstrel Boy" is one of Thomas Moore's " Irish Melodies." It is set to the -old Irish air called " The Moreen." A gentleman who had often heard Moore sing his own melodies, one evening asked him to copy a song to give him. " Which shall it be f" asked Moore, and when the gentleman replied, "The Minstrel Boy"—"Well, I think it is about the best of them," said Moore.